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Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Muslim conquests have liberated lands and conscience and that is why Muslims entered those fierce battles against the Byzantine and Roman occupation armies that suppressed the east for 10 centuries – from Alexander the Great (356-324 BC) to Heraclius (610-641).
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The author reviews a period in history when Egypt served as a base for the Arab caliphs to conquer Africa.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Ni‘māt Ahmad Fou’ād states that Egypt has always embraced religion, both Islam and Christianity.
Date of source: Sunday, December 18, 2005
The author discusses the Coptic revolutions against the Muslims in the 8th and 9th centuries.
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2005
The author seeks to dispel misconceptions about the position of non-Muslims in early-Islam and the jizya [money paid by non-Muslims in a Muslim state in return for protection and safety].
Date of source: Friday, August 27, 2004
The presence of Christian communities in the midst of Islamic society proves that the oppression that Christians faced from era to era at the hands of extremists and bigots was the outcome of local conditions more so than being a consequence of extremist principles [of Islam] or intolerance…”
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 2004
The article consists of two parts, the first part is a response Al-Usbua received from Dr. Gebril concerning what was published last issue under the title “Serious statements by the Ibn Khaldoun Center.” The second part is Al-Usbua’s opinion on the statements of Gebril.
Date of source: Friday, May 14, 2004
The Islamic conquest of Egypt saved Egypt’s Eastern Christianity from the oppression of Western Christianity, embodied in the colonial Byzantine Empire. The Islamic conquest of Egypt came as an attempt to liberate Egypt and saving Eastern Christianity from being annihilated by Western Christianity.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The Higher Council for Culture organized its first two-day symposium titled “Coptic Monuments of Egypt,” which was attended by many professors and research specialists. Abu Al-Hamad Farghali, a professor at the Faculty of Antiquities at Cairo University, explained that a large number of Coptic...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2004
In the first meeting between Islam and Christianity, when Prophet Muhammad received a
delegation of Nagran Christians in al-Madīna al-Munawara in the 10th Hijrī year,
Islam’s respect for Christians’ sanctuaries was clear especially in how to deal with members of
other faiths.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.